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Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 6
April 15th, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Victoria Hall, leadership coach at Make Sense
Top Takeaways:
- Understanding how to self-manage work & personal life, after the pandemic and beyond
- What leaders can do to find a balance of empathy and kindness as well as doing what’s right for the business
- Defining human performance and how we can start a journey of becoming more self-aware

Forging the Future of Work
Mar 31, 2021
Matt Phelan is joined by:
- Caroline Court, Head of Global Workplace & Innovation, Ericcson
- Jo Henderson, HR Director, Clear Channel UK
- Dr Scarlett E Brown, Consultant, CIPD
- To discuss:
- – How to embrace the opportunity and reimagine your people and employee engagement strategy to create a better “new normal”
- – How to address the biggest people challenges that have emerged as a result of the global pandemic
- – What impact the pandemic has had on workplace culture and how culture will be impacted by a hybrid working environment
- – Whether the pandemic has fundamentally transformed the strategic role of HR leaders

Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 5
March 25th, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Jenny Taylor, People Coordinator at Rockar Ltd.
Top Takeaways:
- Jenny shared her mindfulness toolkit which includes chair yoga, breathing and meditation techniques to centre and calm your mind throughout the day 2.
- We briefly touched on the importance of understanding our 24 character strengths and how we can harness them to improve our personal development in everyday life.

Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 4
March 11th, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Dr.Anne Hsu, Founder of Diplomacy Dojo.
Top Takeaways:
- How we can create a more positive feedback culture and approach difficult conversations
- Understanding the difference between “feelings” and “judgements”
- Importance of understanding emotions in tense conversations.

“Culture Shock” – Rebuilding Toxic Work Cultures
Mar 3, 2021
Matt Phelan is joined by:
- Clive Lewis OBE, Business Psychologist, Mediator & Author of “Toxic: A Guide to Rebuilding Respect and Tolerance in a Hostile Workplace”
- Kelly Swingler, Executive Coach for Rebellious People Leaders
- Andrew Patrick, Chairman, BeBettor
- To discuss:
- What makes a culture ‘toxic’?
- What are the tell-tale signs of a toxic culture to look out for at an organisational, team and individual level?
- What is the cost of not addressing toxic cultures?
- Can you rebuild a culture to remove the toxicity? If so how?
- Has the global pandemic improved workplace cultures or made toxicity more prevalent?

How to Link Equality, Diversity and Employee Engagement Data
Mar 3, 2021
Matt Phelan and Kevin O’Brien of Williams Kent were joined by:
- Dr Jenny Cook, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Data Lead, The Met Office
Monica Stancu, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Royal Academy of Engineering
Meera Roy-Chowdhury, Diversity & Inclusion Adviser, Business in the Community
Cat Wildman, Co-Founder, The GEC
- To discuss:
- What are the biggest challenges that companies are faced with when it comes to the collection and use of Diversity data?
- How does the collection of Diversity data impact on Employee Engagement?
- Should we be disaggregating Diversity Data to look at intersectionality? Why?

Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 2
Feb 11th, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Sofie Sun and Marco Van Van Onzen from Sound and Solid.
Top Takeaways:
- Sofie and Marco share the passion behind their mission
- The biggest challenges they help organisations overcome and how they do it
- How the pandemic affects happiness in organisations

Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 3
Feb 25h, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Gareth Dunlop, CEO & Founder at FATHOM_
Top Takeaways:
- Gareth breaks down the basic methodology of user experience into three steps to help us think about how we can use these principles to start shaping a better employee experience.
- “Experiences are made of moments” not all add up equally and some may be good or bad but they are all important to help us understand what makes a GREAT experience.
- A surprise magic trick at the end- Worth watching all the way through to see this one!

Creating a Happy & Healthy Organisation – The One Manchester Story
Feb 10, 2021
Mark Thompson and Rosanna Bull were joined by:
- Rachel Armstrong, Learning & Development Partner, One Manchester
- To discuss:
- The main people priorities for One Manchester
- How the global Covid-19 pandemic has impacted their business
- How their values, vision and culture have informed their response
- How they have implemented a listening strategy to understand how their people are feeling and what actions to prioritise
- How their board and leadership team have supported their people strategy
- The journey One Manchester intend to take their people on in 2021 and beyond